Men's Lacrosse Cruises to 19-10 Win over Penn State

Maryland Athletics

6-21-1999

March 17, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 7 Maryland mens lacrosse team broke open a 10-8 halftime lead outscoring No. 12 Penn State 5-0 in the third quarter and 9-2 in the second half to cruise to a 19-10 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Junior Brian Zeller (Forest Hill, Md./Loyola) scored a career-high five goals, including two in the second half, to lead the Terps.

The game was a historic one for Hochstadt, who finished with four points including three goals, which moved him into 10th place on the Maryland all-time goal scoring list with 98. Hochtstadt passed Ron Martinello (1977-81) with his second goal of the game at the 8:35 mark of the second quarter.

Sophomore Jon Kemezis (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) added four points with a goal and three assists and LaMonica finished with a career-high three goals for the Terps.

Penn State (2-1) played a tight first half and never trailed by more than three goals and cut the Maryland lead to one on four occasions. The Nittany Lions scoring attack was led by junior Don Mayerhofer (Rockville Center, N.Y./Kellenberg), who was the only Penn State player with multiple goals. Sophomore Ted Holmes (Flourtown, Pa./Germantown) finished with a team-high three points on a goal and two assists.

In the match-up of brothers in the face-off circle, Maryland senior Brian Haggerty (Lido Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) won six of the 11 face-offs against his sophomore brother Penn States Kevin Haggerty (Lido Beach, N.Y./Long Beach). Overall, the teams each won 16 of 32 face-offs. Maryland outshot the Lions 41-30 and won the groundball battle, 47-24.

The Terps improve to 29-0 all-time against Penn State in a series that dates back to 1924, when Maryland started its varsity lacrosse program. Todays game was a make-up of the March 10 postponement, to snow.

The Terps return to action this Saturday, March 20, when they host Cornell at 1 p.m. at Byrd Stadium.